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Old 10-24-2012, 07:56 PM   #96
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Originally Posted by Angrybird 12 View Post
I think he remembers the 97 C5 Vette had a 28mpg highway rating. But like someone else said those ratings would probably be around 25 by today's methods of figuring the EPA ratings. Also that Vette only produced 345 HP & 340tq, not 450HP & 450tq like the C7 will.
That's where my head was at.

I remember when the Camaro concept originally came out...they estimated they could achieve 30mpg out of a 400hp SS.....and they could have - and then the EPA changed their scales/process, and we got 25, instead.
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